Getting off the nuva ring

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stefanier23 wrote:

Anyone get off the nuva ring and feel a lot better. My husband had a vasectomy in dec. He actually will get the results of his first drop off this week. I've been bleeding nonstop for the past month so we aren't having sex anyways. When I get off the drop in hormones will cause me to have awful headaches, but I'm hoping to feel better overall eventually I am always low energy (usually a very high energy person). I do have 2 kids, but they both sleep good. I have random headaches now and my skin has darkening after pregnancy which the derm said could be the nuva ring. Anyways....did anyone have crazy symptoms on the ring? I'm scared to get off because I've always been on birth control and I'm afraid of bleeding nonstop, but I already am bleeding nonstop so maybe I should just get off a little earlier than Intended. Any stories or insight?

I used the Nuva Ring for about a year, and the entire time I had anxiety and depression so severe that I started seeing a therapist. I was constantly worried that my husband would cheat on me or that I would get fired or that everyone was mad at me. After months of therapy, i finally made the connection that it all began when I started using the NR. I took it out that day and immediately felt like myself again. It's been 5 years and the anxiety and depression never came back! I got a non-hormonal IUD soon after and it was 100% better. I think some people are totally fine using the Nuva Ring but I had a really horrible experience with it.